Improvement in magazine fire-arms



elevation of a portion of the same, showing ythe passage ot' a cartridgefrom the magazine UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OEEIGE.,

l WILLIAM H. ELLIOT, 0F YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN MAGAZINE FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2l S,371dated August12, 1879; application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVM. H. ELLIOT, of the city and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Magazine Fire-Arm, o f which tliefollowing is a specification.

The object and nature of my invention are described -as follows: Theobject of my invention is to provide a more convenient, simpler, andmore practical magazine fire-arm than any'now in use; and the nature ofmy invention consists in the use of certain appliances alid methodswhich are fully set forth in the following specification and claims.

In Sheet 1, Figure lis a vertical longitiidinal section of myiniproved'arm. Fig. 2 is an to the receiving-chamber. Fig, 3 is asection of the bolt and lock, showing the several devices in theirrelative positions, the rear portion ofI this ligure being in verticalysection and the front portion in horizontal section. Fig. 4 representsthe con necting-piece between the trigger and sear. Fig. 5 representstwo views of the notch or tumbler plate. Fig. 6 is a verticalcross-section of the bolt,`showing the extractor in front elevation.Fig. 7 is a side elevation ot' a follower. Fig. 8 is a rear elevation ofthe extractor. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of a follower. Fig. 10 is aplan of a modification ot' the movable guides for the bolt. Fig. 11 isan elevation of thc same, -showing the rearend of the receiver invertical crosssection. In Sheet 2, Fig. 12 is an elevation of myimproved arm with the side plate removedanil the 'stock in verticalsection. Figui-3 is an elevation of the bolt-and the devices forfeedingfthe cartridges from the magazine, showing the several parts intheir relative positions. Fig; 14 isa plan ofthe rear end ofthe receiverand bolt. Fig. 15 represents the connecting-link between the bolt andthe devices which control the magazine, and a section of the bolt. Fig.16 is a side elevationof the doublefeed-pawl. Fig. 17 is an endelevation of the same. Fig. 18 represents a modilication of the doublefeedpawl. Fig'. 19 is an end elevation of the saine. a is the receiver,into the forward end of which the barrel b is screwed. a is that portionof the receiver into which the magazine! forward end of the rod; d,mainspriiig; e,

washer, with tubular extension, resting against screw-cap c when thelock is at rest; c', washer resting upon shoulder c"; e',' screwcap onthe forward end of the bolt; g, scar, pivoted 4or otherwise fastened tothe head 0"; g', point of the same; g", s'afety part of the full-cocknotch; h, tumbler or notch plate; It and h, full-cock and half -cocknotches on the same; h', low part of the full cock notch; 17, curvedconnecting-piece between the sear q and the trigger 1W,- i, jointbetween the two; i", .pivot of the trigger; j, movable gnidefor theforward end of the cartridgv, carrier for the rear end, cover for theniagazine, and bottom of the rear portion of the receiving-chamber; j',pivot of the saine; j", spring, and j" stop of the same; m, eartridges;m', follower; m", a part of the follower cut away; lm, magazine-springs;n', bottom of the forward Vpart of the receivingchaniber; a', projectingportion of guide j,which forins the bottom of the vrear end of thesaine. By receiving-chamber I mean that portion ofthe receiver intowhich the-cartridge passes from the magazine immediately behind the'chamber of the band. I

n", eject-ing-pin; a'", pins on the sides of the followers,which run inslots' or grooves in the sides of the magazine-tubes; o, extractor; o',cylindrical' port-ion of the saine; o",

connection between the cylindrical part and the outer shell and hook;0spring of the extractor; p, connecting device between the bolt and thedouble feed-pawl r; p', nose of the same; p", groove in the side of thebolt,

' in which the nose p' runs; pf", joint between the device p andl doublefeed-pawl r,- if', pivot or axisfof the donblefeed pawl;'1"', points ofthe saine; r', cartridge-stop upon thesame; s, spring of the same; s',.springof the sear g,- s, arm on the feed-pawl, Figs. 18 and 19; t,narrow portion of the slot in the a essere upper side of the receiver,along which the handle c passes; t', wide. portion of the same; u,support of the curved guiding-surtaces u and u"; u', stop forthebackward movement of the bolt; c, stop for limiting the rotarymovement of the support u; fv, c", and v, notches for holding thesupport in several positions; w, projection on the guide j, whereby itis pulled out of the receiver for the purpose of loading the magazine.

My invention refers to that kind of magazine-arm in which thebrceclrblock has a reciprocal movement in a line with thebarrel foropening and closing the chamber. and au oscillating movement for lockingt-he saine.

For a magazine I employ two or more stationary tubes, wit-h theircartridge-propelling devices ofthe ordinary construction, whicliareloca-ted in the breech or butt-stock of thearm.

These tubes are soldered or otherwise fastened to the receiver, and,extending through the butt-stock, are screwed at their rear ends to thebutt-plate in such a way as to force the butt-stock upon the receiver,and to add their strength to the breech of the arm.

' I have shown a magazine composed of two tubes, one arranged over theother. They may, however, be arranged side'by side; or three tubes maybe used, instead of two, with equal facility.

The method and devices herein shown for operating the. armV and feedingthe cartridges from the magazine into the receiving-,chamber willworkequally well in conpection with a magazine of one or more tubes arrangedun.-A

der the barrel.

To load the magazine,the movable guide or cover j has'iirst to be pulledout. at the'bottom of the receiver, as shown in Fig. 12. In thisposition the spring j, owing to its peculiar application, has notendency to carry the cover into the receiver, but holds it from movingas a friction-spring after it passes the stop j'".

For the purpose of displacing the guide or carrier from before themagazine, so as to enable me to charge that device through the bottom ofthe receiver and over the carrier, I pivot the latter to the lower partof the receiver,nnder, or nearly under, the mouth of the magazine,whereby it is practical to swing it entirely out of the' receiver, andalso to make it serve as acover to the magazine when closed. This devicemay be pivoted to the rcceiverat almost any other point and stillperform many, but not all, of the functions claimed for it in thearrangement shown. Some of its peculiar features are in its being soconstructed that while it is being pushed out of the way by theadvancing cartridge it at the same time serves as a guide to direct thatcartridge toward thereceiving-chamber, and that when theadvancingcartridge ceasesI to act upon it, it becomes a carrier, to lift thatcartridge suiiciently into line with the barrel that it may be pushedforward by the bolt.

of some or all of its functions.

The projection .aLis spring-tempered, and is made topass the stop bydepressing it a little.

The magazinetubes are charged in the usual way, the two points of thecatching the heads of the cartridges as they pass it, and 'so' retainthem inthe magazine. The feed-pawl swings laterally a little upon itsaxis, to allow a cartridge to pass it in loading the magazine, butimmediately returns to its central position again by the action ofspring S. In passing the cartridge into the magazine the ball is pushedagainst and fol-- lows the curved guide a, which is arranged chargingboth tubes.

The fecd-pawl r is pivoted to the receiver at r', and is connected tothebolt at its for-- ward end by means of the device p, which is jointed tothe pawl at p, and has a nose or projection, p', on its upper end, whichslides along the groove p in the side of the bolt. The ejectingfpin,which projects into the receivingchamber, also slides along in the samegroove. end, so that turning the bolt to lock it does not interfere withtheejecting-pin, nor give any movement to the connection p or pawl r.When the bolt is drawn back in working the so as to greatlyfacilitatethe operation of .arm the ejecting-pin passes out of thegroove, vbut the nose of the connecting device remains in it, as shownbydotted lines in Fig. 13. While in this position an oscillatingmovement given to the bolt communicates an oscillating movement to, thefeed-pawl by means of the device p-that isto say, when the handle c is-moved tothe rightthe device p 1s raised, the rear end of the feed-pawldepressed, and the first cartridge in the upper tube is released fromthe upper point of the pawl, and immediately moves forward against theguide or cover of the magazine and throws itopen against the action ofspring j. Depressing the rear end ofthe feed-pawl carries the stop r"into'- the upper tube, and against thisstop the head of the movingcartridge catches and stops until the feed-pawl is allowed to return toits central position, when the cartridge again moves forward until itreaches the position shown in Fig. 2.

At this moment the second cartridge, having been caught by thefeed-pawl, ceases to act upon the first, and the device j ceases to be aguide, and, as before stated,.becomes a carrier. A gas-tight cover isplaced over the mouth of the magazine, and a iirin support provided forthe rear end of the cartridge, all by the action of spring j".

Moving' the handle c to the left raises the rearlend of feed-pawl r andreleases a cartridge from the lower tube, when the same devices performthe same functions, whereby the double feed-paw] This groove is widenedat its rea-r' first cartridge in the lower tube passes into theree'eivingchamber in the manner already described.

By the same movement of the feed-pawl which liberates acartridge in onetube thc cartridges in the other tube are more securely 'locked in, asthe withdrawal of one point of the feed-pawl from a tube causes theother point of that device to press more heavily upon the firstcartridge in the other tube.

To prevent the guide j from heilig thrown too far by the swiftly-passingcartridge from the lower tube, the stop j may be employed.

AThis stops the movement of the guide at the right point, the eartridges from the upper tube being but slightly bent ont of a direct courseby theguide. No stopis required.

The connecting,` device pnecd notnecessarily be a separate piece fromthe teed-pawl. It may be an extension ofthe same.

The cut or slot `t through the top ofl the receiver, along which thehandle c' passes, is widened at its extreme rear end, as seen at t',Fig. 1.4, so as to provide roonrfor the oscillation of the handle whenthe bolt is drawn back.

To use the arm asa single lneechloader and reserve the magazine, it isonly necessary to draw the bolt directly back, without oscillating it ineither direction, in which case no cartridge will be delivered from themagazine, but may be supplied from the cartridge-box.

To render the oscillating' movement of the bolt automatic, l employ twomovable curved guides, u and n", suppoi ted on the rear end of thereceiver by device u, which oscillates to a certain extent, itsmovements being limited by stop e. This device or support is shown inFig.' 1.4 occupying the middle position for single breech-loading, inwhich case the handle of the bolt strikes it at u", and is not turned byit in either direction; but when the support is turned to the right,carrying the curved surface or guide n' to the position of the dottedlines, the handle, being drawn back, strikes the guide n', and is by itcrowded over to the right, which delivers a cartridge from the up pertube. When the support is turned to the left, the curved guide u crowdsthe handle over to the left and delivers` a cartridge from the lowertube.

rlhe point of the screw-stop n works in asiot in the receiverot'jnstsullicient length to allow the neeesary movement of the curvedguides. rlhis support is held iu position by friction. Itmay, however,be held, as shown in the modil lication, Fig. 1l, by springing' intonotches.

Fig'. l() shows a modification, in which the handle is drawn backagainstthe point-1d" for single breech-loinling, in which position thebolt cannot oscillate in either direction; but when the support isturned to the right against `suitable stops the guide u crowdstheha-ndle to the left. When turned 4to the left the guide u' crowds thehandle to the right. v

The extractor o (shown in Figs. I5, 6, and 8) is composed of threeparts, o-the cylinder, the outer shell, and the connection o betweenwasher or the head c.

the cylinder and shell. The cylinder `has av bearing upon the innersurface of the bolt,

which is cut away'to provide for the movements of the connection o, asseen in Fig. 6,

so as to allow thevoseillation of the bolt without oscillation of theextractor. This cut is covered by the outer shell of the extractor,

upon the forward end of which the hook is formed. When the bolt ispushed forward, the

hook enters a smallrecess cut in the end of thebarrel, passes over thehead of the cartridge, and remains stationary while the bolt,oscillates. The cylinder o' is cut off diagonally. at each end, so thatits forward end touches the screw-cap c" onlyat the bottom,

while its spring 0" acts upon it only at the top,

the effe-ct. of which is to cause the extractor to spring' down upon thehead of the cartridge as it passes over it, and to render its hold uponthe head of the cartridge positive while retracting the same.

The hammer-rod d is rendered rebounding by the two washers c and c'. Thewasher c rests against the inner end of the scre\\'cap e", and has atulnllarextension, which passes through the screw-cap far enough to bedriven iorward'by the head ofthe hammer-rml atthe moment the point 11strikes the primer, as shown in Fig. 3. Washer e' rest-s against theshoulder 0 within t-he bolt.

rlhe hammer-rod is enlarged so as to form a shoulder at d. yWhen thehammer-rod is drawn back in the act of eockingg, the piece,` theshoulder d" catches the washer e', carrying it back with the spring`until the lock stands at full-cock. When the hammer-rod is released intiring the piece it is driven forward by the mainspring nntil the washere rests against the shoulder e", when the mainspring ceases its actionin that direction; but the lmomentum the hammer-rod has acquired carriesit forward against the primer and depresses the mainspring` at the rearend by the head c" comin g against. the tubular portion of the washer c.When the force of the'hammer-rod has been expended upon the primer,

the mainspringI immediately forces the washer e against the serewcap e,which drives the ham mer-rod back and withdraws the point d into thebolt, as shown inFig. 1. In this position the point g of the scarreadily fallsinto the safety-notch hf'.

The tubular extension ofthe rear washer, e, need not necessarily beattached to'either the lt only serves to form a connection between thehead and washer.

The tumbler or notch plate It, Fig. 5, is secured to the receiverdirectly vinder the rear end of the bolt. In pushing the bolt forward toclose the chamber the point of the sear y catches upon the higher orsafety portion of the fullcock notch y and arrests the-forward movementof the hammer-rod at full-cock. Then the bolt is turned upon its axisfor locliing, the sear slides alongI the notch It -and rests upon thenon-safety portion of it at h. From this position itis thrown in the actof firing 4 essere by the connecting device t', which is actuated by thetrigger. The non-safety portion of the notch h is'a little lower thanthe safety part, which prevents the bolt from turning upon its axis, andconsequently from being unlocked, while the piece is at full-cock, asthe Sear will not slide from the low to the high part of the notch.

By referei e to Fig. y1 it may be seen that spring j serves'the doublepurpose of actuating the trigger and the cover j.

The two magazinetubes may be constructed of one sheet of metal, and forthis purpose, on account of strength of material, convenience infabricating, and freedom from rust, tinned steelplate is the mostdesirable.

The feed-paw] represented in Figs. 18 and 19 possesses the same featuresand performs the same functions as does the feed-pawl shown in Figs. 12and 13, but differently arranged, the former oscillating upon an axisparallel with the tubes of the magazine, while the axis of the latter isat right angles to them.

To charge the magazine it is necessary tirst to push the bolt forwardand lock it.

Having described my invention, what I desire to have secured to me byLetters Patent of the United States is- 1.2In a magazine re-arm, theconstruction and arrangement of the magazine a, carrier j, pivot j', andspring j" in relation to each 'other and to the receiver a,substantially 'as shown and described, whereby the charging of themagazine is effected through the bottom of the receiver and over thecarrier, as set forth.

2. The combination of the movable guide' and carrier j and itsactuatingspriug j with a magazine composed of two or more stationarytubes, each tube being provided with in-4 dependent cartridgepropellingmechanism, whereby the cartridges from the several tubes are deliveredinto one receiving-chamber, substantially as specified.

zine, andbottom lof the receiving-chamber,

substantially as specified.

4. The cover j of the magazine, provided with the extension n', andpivoted below the mouth of thevmagazine, whereby,-while it is in theclosed position to cover the magazine, it also serves as a support forthe head of the cartridge in the receiving-chamber, substantially asspecified.

' 5. The washer e, with its extension, and the Washer e', in combinationwith the hammerrod d, spring d", and bolt c, constructed and operatingas described, whereby the hammerrod is caused to rebound, substantiallyas set forth.

6. v The scar g, the stationary notches h and h, and the bentconnecting-piece z', in combi nation with the bolt, hammer-rod, andtrigger, operating'substantially as described.

7. In a magazine-arm, the combination of a double feed-paw), providedwith the double shoulders or stop r and a single stop, r", with areciprocating and oscillating bolt, having a suitable connectiontherewith, and a magazine composed of two tubes, whereby the cartridgesin one tube are securely locked in, While one cartridge from the othertube is permitted to escape into the receiving-chamber, substantially asspecified.

8. The combinationot' the movable curved guides u and u with thereceiver and with the bolt, vwhereby the bolt is automaticaliyoscillated, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

wn. H. nnmofr.' Witnesses LOWELL ELLIOT, M. L. ELLIOT.

